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==History==

Established in 2005, ACBS has about 7,800 members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://contextualscience.org/acbs|title=ACBS - Association for Contextual Behavioral Science|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> Slightly more than one half are outside of the United States. There are 44 ACBS chapters<ref>{{cite web|url=https://contextualscience.org/chapters|title=ACBS - Association for Contextual Behavioral Science|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=14 September 2017}}</ref> covering many areas of the world including Italy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.act-italia.org/doceboCms/|title=ACT-Italia.org|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913204031/http://www.act-italia.org/doceboCms/|archive-date=13 September 2016|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Japan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.act-japan-acbs.jp/|title=ACT Japan - The Japanese Association for Contextual Behavioral Science|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> Belgium, the Netherlands,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acbsbene.nl/|title=ACBS BeNe - Nederlandstalige Chapter|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> Spain, Australia/New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anzact.com/|title=ANZ ACBS Annual Conference 2014 - ANZ ACBS|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> the Balkans, France,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://300gp.ovh.net/~actfranc/ACT/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140&Itemid=29|title=AFSCC|first=Benjamin|last=Schoendorff|date=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> the United Kingdom and Turkey. Chapters exist in the United States and Canada as well, including the mid-Atlantic, New England, Colorado, Washington, Ontario (CA) and several other areas. There are also 28 Special Interest Groups covering a wide range of basic and applied areas such as children and adolescents, developing nations, veteran's affairs, ACT for the Public, social work, stigma, and many other areas.

==Activities==